The GBA shares the highlights of Books for Every Child: International Literacy Day Event Celebration 2024
Guest author Ami Dovene Christelle ZAMI shares the story behind the creation of the Ami Series: Tale of Literacy and Sustainability
Guest authors Christian Elongue and Scortia Quansah of Muna Kalati, share important information about the literary landscape in Africa.
Guest author Christian Elongue, president of Muna Kalati, shares important information about the initiatives to overcome challenges in the digital publishing industry in Africa.
Join the Global Book Alliance on International Literacy Day, Wednesday, September 8, for its Open Book Partner Series with a discussion on Closing the Book Gap - How the GBA is understanding and bridging gaps in the Global Book Supply Chain. Please join us for this important conversation on Wednesday, September 8, from 9:00 am EDT, 3:00 pm WAT, 4:00 pm EAT, 1:00 pm UTC.
Translate a Story is an ongoing initiative of the Global Book Alliance and offers a unique opportunity for various entities such as Ministries of Education, Higher Education Institutions, Youth-led or youth-serving organizations, or NGOs to create high-quality reading materials in local languages at a relatively low cost.
The Global Book Alliance (GBA) is pleased to announce the Translate a Story 2021 campaign, a book translation campaign that will produce materials to support beginning readers at home and in school. Translate a Story 2021 launched on April 23 (World Book Day), and will run until September 8 (International Literacy Day).
Join the Global Book Alliance for the launch of its Open Book Partner Series with the first of two webinars that discuss the importance of literacy as a transformative experience for girls around the world. Please join us for this important conversation on Wednesday, May 26, from 9:00–10:15 a.m. EDT.
Literacy is the cornerstone of education, but for many children, developing literacy means learning an entirely new language, one they do not speak at home. There are reasons for this: some countries have hundreds of local languages -- making the cost of creating learning materials for all languages high. But Mother tongue-based (MTB) education, teaching children literacy skills in the language they speak at home, has been shown to have benefits which far outweigh the costs.
The Results in Education for All Children (REACH) Trust Fund carried out a project aimed to strengthen the South African publishing industry by 1) raising awareness of the critical need for storybooks to create a habit of reading in children, and 2) increasing the supply of quality storybooks in African languages.
